Events in Film & TV
American Music Awards
Jan 17 10th American Music Awards: John Cougar, Rick Springfield, and Olivia Newton-John win
Television Premiere
Jan 23 "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC
Golden Globes
Jan 29 40th Golden Globes: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 1 Ali Bastian, English actress and model
- Jan 1 Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
- Jan 2 Kate Bosworth, American actress (Superman Returns), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 7 Brett Dalton, American actor (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), born in San Jose, California
- Jan 8 Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler, born in Santa Monica, California
- Jan 8 Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican pop-rock singer (Erreway), and actor, born in Mexico City, Mexico
- Jan 9 Kerry Condon, Irish actress (The Banshees of Inisherin), born in Thurles, Ireland
- Jan 13 Julian Morris, English actor
- Jan 13 William Hung, American Idol contestant
- Jan 17 Andrea Lowell, American model, born in Long Beach, California
- Jan 18 Samantha Mumba, Irish pop and R&B singer ("Gotta Tell You") and actress (The Time Machine), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Jan 20 Paula Taylor, Thai actress & model, born in Bangkok, Thailand
- Jan 21 Maryse Ouellet, French Canadian model and professional wrestler
- Jan 31 James Sutton, British television actor, born in Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 2 Harriet Parsons, American film producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
- Jan 2 Richard "Dick" Emery, British comedian & actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies from cardio-respiratory failure at 65
- Jan 8 Gale Page [Sally Rutter], American actress (Four Daughters, Knute Rockne, All-American), and countess-by-marriage, dies of lung cancer at 72
- Jan 8 Ron Frazer, Australian character actor and screenwriter (The Mavis Bramston Show), dies at 54
- Jan 10 Ewan Roberts, Scottish actor (The Day of the Triffids, Five to One), dies at 68
- Jan 13 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74
- Jan 13 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69
- Jan 15 Shepperd Strudwick, actor (Psychomania), dies of cancer at 75
- Jan 17 Doodles Weaver [Winstead Sheffield Weaver], American comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers, The Zodiac Killer), commits suicide by shooting himself at 70
- Jan 18 Cedric Thorpe Davie, British composer of film scores (The Green Man; St. Andrews University), and pedagogue, dies at 69
George Cukor (1899-1983)
Jan 24 American film director (My Fair Lady, Philadelphia Story, The Wizard of Oz), dies of a stroke and a heart attack at 83
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